CVE-2000-0746

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-09-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Vulnerabilities in IIS 4.0 and 5.0 do not properly protect against cross-site scripting (CSS) attacks. They allow a malicious web site operator to embed scripts in a link to a trusted site, which are returned without quoting in an error message back to the client. The client then executes those scripts in the same context as the trusted site, aka the "IIS Cross-Site Scripting" vulnerabilities.

Affected products

Microsoft Frontpage: all versions
Microsoft Internet Information Server: 4.0
Microsoft IIS: 5.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1594
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1595
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=39A12BD6.E811BF4F%40nat.bg
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-060
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1594
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1595
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=39A12BD6.E811BF4F%40nat.bg
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-060

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